Gomez is among one of the first Republicans to announce they would run to replace Democrat Governor Kate Brown, who cannot seek re-election due to term limits.
/ Sean St. Clair, president of Oregon Tech American Association of University Professors (AAUP), is hoping for a settlement with university administration any day but offered no guarantees on Monday, in what is the second week of a historic strike at the university.
The faculty union and university administration say a deal could come any day now, but the union insists that, until then, the strike will continue.
Negotiations were expected to edge closer to a contract on Monday morning, as the strike of Oregon Tech faculty reaches its second week at the Klamath Falls and Wilsonville campuses. But the faculty union Oregon Tech American Association of University Professors (AAUP) said university officials won’t budge on the union s pay proposal and that no deal had been reached by Monday afternoon.
Oregon Tech leaders disappointed as faculty union delivers intent to strike
If OIT s union goes on strike, it will be the first case at a public university in Oregon s history.
Posted: Apr 9, 2021 11:06 AM
Updated: Apr 9, 2021 11:37 AM
Posted By: Jamie Parfitt
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. Senior leadership at the Oregon Institute of Technology said Friday that they are disappointed in the actions of the faculty union as tensions at the public university come to a head.
Oregon Tech - American Association of University Professors (OT-AAUP), the faculty union, said Thursday that it has delivered notice of its intent to strike. If the strike does materialize, it is set to commence no earlier than Monday, April 26.